Why Apple iPad is perfect for a mobile business exec like me
By Tarry Singh at 24 March, 2010, 12:53 am
BusinessWeek carried a news about a Consulting Groups decision to buy iPad for its staff and I totally agree with his decision, especially in this mobile age. And who isn’t mobile these days. What does it mean to me? I have ordered one for myself as well since: – I travel a lot and present [...]
Read More >>Skype rival Fring offers free calls for mobile phone users
By Tarry Singh at 8 February, 2010, 10:09 am
Israeli startup Fring, backed by founders of instant messenger ICQ, is bringing free video calls to mobile phones and offering wireless services similar to those of Skype Technologies SA. “We overlap with what Skype does, but our starting point is different,” said Chief Executive Officer Avi Shechter. Skype lets users call each other for free [...]
Read More >>Amazon offers developers 70% as Apple’s iSlate looms in the air
By Tarry Singh at 25 January, 2010, 3:29 am
The Kindle is gaining traction in the classroom. Education publisher School Specialty (SCHS) plans to sell interactive content on the device. Rick Holden, who runs the unit of Greenville (Wis.)-based School Specialty that focuses on children with learning disabilities, says he has been in discussion with Amazon about bringing K-12 content to the Kindle for [...]
Read More >>Motorola and Nokia rumored to acquire Palm
By Tarry Singh at 15 January, 2010, 2:06 pm
There’s talk that Nokia Oyj and Motorola Inc. would be interested in buying the company, said Charlie Wolf, an analyst with Needham & Co. in New York. Verizon, meanwhile, is preparing to sell updated versions of Palm’s Pre and Pixi smartphones. The carrier revamped its calling plans to encourage more customers to buy data plans, [...]
Read More >>Gartner predicts 2010 and beyond: 1 in 5 business to do it all in the clouds
By Tarry Singh at 14 January, 2010, 9:35 am
Here are some I think ou might like to read. By 2012, 20 percent of businesses will own no IT assets. Several interrelated trends are driving the movement toward decreased IT hardware assets, such as virtualization, cloud-enabled services, and employees running personal desktops and notebook systems on corporate networks. The need for computing hardware, either [...]
Read More >>CES 2010: An imminent cold-shoulder from Apple Tablet deal leads AT&T to sell Androids
By Tarry Singh at 6 January, 2010, 1:27 pm
Apple has decided to sell its Tablet od iSlates from Verizon and that is certainly making AT&T wary as Apple proceeds to eventually do the whole works of the wireless distribution and direct-selling — ala Dell model — all by itself. For now AT&T will try to ride on the free train of love and [...]
Read More >>Guy Kawasaki: 13 ways why Nexus One is better that iPhone
By Tarry Singh at 6 January, 2010, 2:35 am
1. “Open system” so that, God forbid, if someone can create a better browser, address book, calendar, or email client, you can install it. Somebody at Apple thinks it has the monopoly on good app development. He or she is wrong. 2. Actions are snappier. This is hard to quantify, but things seem to happen [...]
Read More >>It’s official! Google Nexus One is here!
By Tarry Singh at 5 January, 2010, 10:43 am
Google has sprung into the Mobile device space while Apple made a clear announcement to get into the advertisement space with Quattro Wireless acquisition. Both will battle really hard in the coming years to come. Engadget was there at the press conference and more details here.
Read More >>M&A Mobile Computing: Apple buys Quattro Wireless for $275 Million!
By Tarry Singh at 5 January, 2010, 10:36 am
Google got AdMob, which Apple so dearly wanted for itself but Quattro is good to go for Apple. The purchase, announced in a post on a Quattro company blog, marks Apple’s first move into the advertising business. It will put the company into direct competition in the mobile ad market with Microsoft, Yahoo and Google, [...]
Read More >>Morgan Stanley reports: Mobile devices to kill desktop PC within 5 years
By Tarry Singh at 19 December, 2009, 8:58 am
Get all the reports on Morgan Stanley’s site! Our key takeaways are: Material wealth creation / destruction should surpass earlier computing cycles. The mobile Internet cycle, the 5th cycle in 50 years, is just starting. Winners in each cycle often create more market capitalization than in the last. New winners emerge, some incumbents survive – [...]
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